Valentina Matvienko, Chairperson of the Federation Council of Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and Victor Olersky, Deputy Minister of Transport, have been told about the construction of the Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka, Big Port St. Petersburg) by Dmitry Mikhalchenko, Director General of project investor Fenix LLC, says IAA PortNews correspondent.
Dmitry Mikhalchenko said port Bronka would be able to accept the first vessel in September 2015. According to him, CMA CGM has made a decision on weekly calls starting from September 2015. From January 2016, the number of calls will be increased to 3 times a week. Over a half of the Company’s volumes are to be shifted to Bronka from Big Port St. Petersburg.
Valentina Matvienko, in her turn, emphasized the necessity to gradually remove port facilities from the center of Saint-Petersburg to solve the problems associated with the environment and huge load on the transport network.
“Saint-Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko, City Government and I support this project as we understand its significance for the city economy. As for the federal participation, together with the Ministry of Transport we will try to support this project to implement the plans on the construction of the first and the second phases of the terminal,” said Valentina Matvienko.
According to her, the approach canal is deep enough (-14.4 m) to let Bronka welcome all the large vessels carrying huge amount of containers which contributes to Bronka competitiveness. Besides, geographical location of the port is also a competitive advantage as convenient highway links can be arranged due to Bronka’s location beyond the city limits.
Valentina Matvienko emphasized the comprehensive approach of the investor to the task of infrastructure development. According to her, Fenix carefully meets its obligations on the project implementation and works ahead of schedule.
Saint-Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko has viewed the show case of port Bronka today, on June 18, 2015, in St. Petersburg Exposition and Networking Area at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
The Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka) is being built on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, where the Dam and the Ring Road border the territory of Lomonosov. The Bronka Complex will comprise three specialized facilities: a container terminal encompassing 107 hectares, the Ro-Ro terminal of 57 ha and a logistics center of 42 ha. Container terminal will have 1.176 m-long quay wall (including 5 berths). The length of Ro-Ro terminal's dock line will be 630 meters (3 berths). After completion of Bronka Phase 1 its capacity will reach 1.45 million TEUs and 260,000 units of Ro-Ro cargoes. In future the MMPK Bronka expansion will help increase the facility's container throughput to 1.9 million TEUs. Upon completion of the port's construction and dredging to the design mark of 14,4 meters in 2015 MMPK Bronka will be able to accommodate post-Panamax containerships and the ferries of Finnstar class.
Implementation of the Bronka project is expected to generate 2,300 jobs at its marine terminals alone.
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